A Guide to 20th Century Photos for Genealogists and Family Historians

PhotoTree.com brings you a step-by-step guide to identifying and dating old photographs. Designed for anyone who wants to know more about 20th century photographs:

• Genealogists
• Family Historians

Discover the Clues to Dating Vintage Photographs

This KwikGuide presents a proven approach to researching and dating 20th century photographs. By following easy to understand clues and comparing images to their own, a researcher can easily date early 20th century photographs.

Decade-by-decade chapters discuss and show how photographs changed over the years, providing you with guidelines to understanding when they were taken. Over 200 full-color beautiful images give you an accurate means to compare your photos.

In addition, three appendixes cover the evolution of automobiles that may be in your photographs, the use of albums including the black-page early versions, and real photo postcards that were very popular after the turn of the 20th century. Chapters include:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 ~ Late 19th Century Review
• Chapter 2 ~ Turn of the Century Changes
• Chapter 3 ~ 1900 - 1909
• Chapter 4 ~ 1910 - 1919
• Chapter 5 ~ 1920 - 1929
• Chapter 6 ~ 1930 - 1939
• Chapter 7 ~ 1940 - 1949
• Appendix A ~ 20th Century Cars
• Appendix B ~ Photograph Albums
• Appendix C ~ Real Photo Postcards

Sample Pages

Table of Contents (PDF)

Chapter 3 1900 - 1909 (PDF)

Chapter 7 1940 - 1949 (PDF)

Appendix B Albums (PDF)

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